How To Install simgrid-java on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install simgrid-java on Debian 9.

What is simgrid-java

simgrid-java is:

SimGrid is a toolkit that provides core functionalities for the simulation of distributed applications in heterogeneous distributed environments. SimGrid can be used as a Grid simulator, a P2P simulator, a Cloud simulator, a MPI simulator, or a mix of all of them. The typical use-cases of SimGrid include heuristic evaluation, application prototyping, and real application development and tuning.

This package contains what you need to use SimGrid from the Java programming language.

There are three methods to install simgrid-java on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install simgrid-java Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install simgrid-java using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install simgrid-java

Install simgrid-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install simgrid-java using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install simgrid-java

Install simgrid-java Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install simgrid-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install simgrid-java

How To Uninstall simgrid-java on Debian 9

To uninstall only the simgrid-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove simgrid-java

Uninstall simgrid-java And Its Dependencies

To uninstall simgrid-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove simgrid-java

Remove simgrid-java Configurations and Data

To remove simgrid-java configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge simgrid-java

Remove simgrid-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove simgrid-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge simgrid-java

Dependencies

simgrid-java have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• simgrid-java website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install simgrid-java package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.